Friday 12 September 2025
Most Holy Name of Mary
1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14. You are my inheritance, O Lord – Ps 15(16):1-2, 5, 7-8, 11. Luke 6:39-42.
You are my inheritance, O Lord
It is much less uncomfortable to pick apart others’ characters and perceived flaws than to stop and look within ourselves. We are challenged by Jesus, however, to look within first and to model our lives on him – to become like the teacher.
This was the kind of internal change Paul experienced. Once confronted by the presence of Christ and the truth of his message, Paul’s entire life journey was changed. In his writing to Timothy, Paul expressed gratefulness for God’s transforming mercy and affirmed Timothy in his own faith journey.
How often do we allow God to transform us? Are we willing to change our plans if God asks something different of us? Do we look beyond ourselves with eyes ready to affirm others?
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